Now that former Chief Jeffrey Blackwell has been fired, the Fraternal Order of Police and the Sentinel Police Association said the focus now is to heal the Cincinnati Police Department and move forward.

“I'm going to give him my support and hopefully the department will get behind him and make sure he's successful because that's what we need. We're going to continue to move forward. We don't have time to stay stagnant or move backwards. We're going to move forward,” Black said.

Fraternal Order of Police President Kathy Harrell said Blackwell's departure has been looming with morale at an all-time low.

According to an Independent Climate Assessment, CPD’s morale was ranked 2.9 out of 10.